| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Blair — 20-11 — Feasterville Female and Male Academy |
| | Around 1840 an academy was established at this site by John Feaster, a noted landowner of this area, for the education of female and male students. By 1842, both academy building and a boarding house (dormitory)had been erected. Mr. Feaster, appointed as trustees his sons, Andrew, Jacob, and John M. Feaster. — Map (db m14396) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Blair — Fort Wagner |
| | Site one mile east at
junction of Beaver Creek
and Reedy Branch
built in 1760 by
Hans Wagner
as a refuge from the
Cherokee Indians — Map (db m14397) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Jenkinsville — 20-6 — Kincaid-Anderson House |
| | This two-story brick house was built by James Kincaid (1754-1801), Revolutionary War soldier, who came from Scotland in 1773 and acquired this land in 1775. It was completed according to his plans after his death by his son, William Kincaid (1782-1834). Their descendants, the Anderson's, lived here until about 1900. — Map (db m14399) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Jenkinsville — 20-2 — Old Brick Church |
| | On May 9, 1803, the Associate Reformed Synod of the Carolinas was organized here at Ebenezer A.R.P. Church, built in 1788 by a congregation dating from colonial days. The rock wall was added in 1852. Damaged by Union troops in 1865, the church was repaired and remained in active use until 1920. — Map (db m14332) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Mitford — 20-23 — Camp Welfare |
| | [Front]
This camp ground, described by one journalist as "picturesque, rugged, simple, with an overhanging air of festivity," has hosted an annual camp meeting since 1876; slaves had worshipped here before the Civil War. The site was purchased in 1878 by trustees Carter Beaty, Charles Green, Jeff Gaither, Henry Hall, and John Hall. It was deeded to Camp Wellfair A.M.E. Zion Church in 1925.
[Reverse]
The small wood-frame or cinder-block houses at Camp Welfare are typical . . . — Map (db m14613) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Mitford — 20-17 — Graveyard Of The Richmond Covenanter Church Reformed Presbyterian — A quarter mile east |
| | Here lie buried many of the Scotch Irish pioneers, who, in 1772, under the leadership of the Rev. William Martin, founded one of the first Covenanter churches in upper South Carolina. — Map (db m14506) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Ridgeway — 20-20 — Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints |
| | Site of five buildings 1897-1986. Enemies of church burned two, tornado destroyed one. 1994 marks 100 years of Mormon presence in this community. — Map (db m14467) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Ridgeway — 20-1 — Confederate Headquarters |
| | During February 17-19, 1865, General P.G.T. Beauregard, with Wade Hampton's cavalry acting as rear guard, made his headquarters here, telegraphing General R.E. Lee in Virginia news of the evacuation of Columbia, 20 miles south, before retiring to Winnsboro. Following and destroying the railroad, Union troops arrived February 21. — Map (db m14328) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Rion — 20-24 — The Oaks |
| | (Front): This early Greek Revival house, built about 1835, is notable for its central double-tiered pedimented portico and double end chimneys. It was named for the oak avenue leading up to it and the oak grove surrounding it. The Oaks was built for Richard A.R. Hallum (1809-1875), who sold it and its 1,000 acre plantation to John Montgomery Lemmon (1829-1906) in 1856. (Reverse side):
In February 1865 John M. Lemmon was in the Confederate army in Virginia when elements of Gen. . . . — Map (db m14331) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Rockton — 20-9 — Thomas Woodward |
| | 1/4 mile east stood the home of Thomas Woodward, prominent leader of the South Carolina Regulator Movement, 1768-1769. He was a member of the First Provincial Congress and a charter member of the Mt. Zion Society. As Captain of Rangers in 1775-76 he led soldiers from this area in the Snow Campaign against Indians and Tories. — Map (db m47445) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Salem Crossroads — 20-15 — John Hugh Means/William Harper |
| | (Front):
Governor of S.C. (1850-1852), president of the 1852 Secession Convention, and signer of the Ordinance of Secession in 1860, John Means was born near here in 1812. A colonel in the 17th Regiment, S.C. Volunteers, CSA, he died Sept. 1, 1862, from wounds received at the Second Battle of Manassas. He is believed to be buried in the Means Cemetery, about 50 yards east. (Reverse):
A graduate and trustee of S.C. College, William Harper immigrated here from Antigua in 1791. . . . — Map (db m47540) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-19 — Bethel Church |
| | [Marker Front]:
This Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church was incorporated in 1823. Early pastors were the Rev. James Lyle and the Rev. Thomas Ketchin, installed 1825 and 1844 respectively. The old cemetery, located at corner of Fairfield and Vanderhorst streets, is the traditional site of the first church building; the second, located across Fairfield Street, was dedicated in 1873. The Women's Benevolent Society was organized 1871 and the Junior Christian
[Marker . . . — Map (db m14321) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — British Headquarters |
| | Headquarters
of the British
forces under
Lord Cornwallis
Oct. 1780 - Jan. 1781 — Map (db m14313) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-14 — Cathcart-Ketchin House / Catharine Ladd |
| | [Two-sided marker]
Cathcart-Ketchin House
Richard Cathcart purchased this lot from John McMaster in 1829, and it is thought he built the present federal-style house shortly thereafter. The house has had a number of owners including Priscilla Ketchin, who purchased it in 1874. The building was deeded to Fairfield County in 1969 by Ella Cathcart Wilburn and Carrie Cathcart Owings and was entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Catharine Ladd
Born in . . . — Map (db m14325) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — Confederate Dead of Fairfield County |
| | [South Side]
17th S.C.V.C.
2nd S.C.V.C.
7th S.C.V.C.
1st S.C.V.C.
Beaufort Art.
3rd S.C.S.T.
1861-1865
[West Side]
2nd S.C.V.I.
12th S.C.V.I.
4th S.C.V.C.
5th S.C.V.C.
[North Side]
13th S.C.V.I.
17th S.C.V.I.
3rd S.C.V.C.
5th S.C.V.I.
15th S.C.V.I.
3rd Bat. S.C.V.I.
1861-1865
[East Side]
6th S.C.V.I.
7th Bat. Enfield R.
6th S.C.V.C.
1st S.C.V.C. — Map (db m14312) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-7 — Fairfield County / Winnsboro |
| | Fairfield County
A center of activity in the Regulator movement to bring law and order to the backcountry, this area in 1769 was made part of Camden District under the Circuit Court Act. In 1775 it formed part of the District between the Broad and Catawba Rivers for election purposes. Laid out as the jurisdiction of a county court in 1785, Fairfield became a judicial district in 1800 and a county again in 1868.
Winnsboro
Settled on land of the Winn family, by 1780 . . . — Map (db m47442) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-8 — Fairfield County Courthouse |
| | This courthouse was built in 1822 by Wm. McCreight under the supervision of Robert Mills, South Carolina architect, then serving as Supt. of Public Works. Alterations and additions were made in 1844. It was renovated in 1939 with the addition of two rear wings and the flying stairways in front by G. Thomas Harmon, AIA, as supervising architect. — Map (db m14320) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-16 — Fairfield Institute / Kelly Miller |
| | [Fairfield Institute Side]
This grade school and normal institute for blacks was founded in 1869 during Reconstruction by the Northern Presbyterian Church. The Reverend Willard Richardson was principal. In 1880, one-hundred of its students were studying to be teachers and twenty others to enter the ministry. The school closed in 1888 to merge with Brainerd Institute in Chester. The site is located one block west.
[Kelly Miller Side]
(1863-1939)
Born in Fairfield County, . . . — Map (db m14463) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-18 — First Methodist Church |
| | First United Methodist Church was established in 1808 under the leadership of the Rev. James Jenkins, an early circuit-riding minister, and John Buchanan, a captain in the Revolution. Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury visited here from 1809 to 1814. This building (1908) is the congregation's third structure; two earlier ones were located about two blocks SE. — Map (db m14284) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-3 — James Henry Carlisle |
| |
Born in this house on May 24, 1825, the son of William and Mary Ann Carlisle, this noted teacher received his education at Mount Zion Institute and South Carolina College. A delegate in 1860 to the Secession Convention and a legislator in 1864, his greatest sevice was as the third President of Wofford College from 1875 to 1902, where he had taught since 1853. He died October 21, 1909.
James Henry Carlisle
1825-1909
Educator, humanitarian, religious leader, college president. . . . — Map (db m14323) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — James Wilson Hudson |
| |
(west face)
M Z S
1777.
JACOBO WILSON HUDSON,
Montis Zion Collegii annos vigenti tres.
singulari felicitate Præsidi.
Multa præclara in tam longissimo
curriculo et didicit et docuit.
In literis eruditus, in disciplina solers,
tenax propositi, in omni officio
doctor præstantissimus exstitit.
Laudem quam sibi ipse peperit,
illam hoc marmor non tam perpetuare
potest quam celebrare.
(English translation of the Latin inscription)
To . . . — Map (db m45128) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-13 — Mount Olivet Church |
| | Organized before 1785, this Presbyterian Church was originally known as Wolf Pit Church, later as Wateree, and was finally named Mt. Olivet in 1800. The Reverend William Martin, Covenanter minister licensed by the Reformed Presbytery of Scotland, was an early minister here. The present house of worship was completed in 1869. — Map (db m14469) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-12 — Mt. Zion Society |
| | A social and benevolent group dedicated to the promotion of education, the Mt. Zion Society was organized in January 1777 at Charleston S.C. John Winn was its first president. By the 1780s the society had founded a school for boys in Winnsboro. Under the leadership of J.W. Hudson, Mt. Zion institute became an important educational force in ante-bellum South Carolina, it became a public school about 1878. — Map (db m14285) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-22 — Saint John's Episcopal Church |
| | (Front):
Organized in 1839 and named for St. John's, Berkeley Parish, this was the third Episcopal church established north of Columbia. The Rev. Josiah Obear became its first rector in 1841, serving 1841-49 and 1875-82. The first sanctuary, a wood-frame building, was built on Fairfield St. in 1842. During the Civil War many families who fled the lowcountry and lived in Winnsboro as refugees worshipped at St. John's. (Reverse):
The original sanctuary was burned by Union . . . — Map (db m47542) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — South East Asia |
| | In memory
of those from
Fairfield County
who died in South East Asia
in the service
of their country
Darvin Flanders Johnny Branham Robert Simmons Abraham Harris Moses Mickle James Thomas Arthur Sloan, Jr. Harold M. Renwick, Jr. Theodore Belton Bobby Trapp Steve Hilton Arthur Seabrooks Johnny Jackson Willie James Davis Charles K. Truesdale Wilson Davis Robert Long Archie Carnell — Map (db m14308) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-21 — St. Paul Baptist Church |
| | This African-American church was organized in 1873 by Simon McIntosh, Henry Golden, Lily Yarborough, Frances Kelly, Lizzie Hart, and others. The first pastor, Rev. Daniel Golden, served 1873-1891. The first sanctuary was built in 1876. The present sanctuary was built in 1893 and remodeled during the pastorate of Rev. C.L. McMillian, who served 1958-1989. — Map (db m14465) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — Town Clock |
| | In memory of
those early citizens
of Winnsborough
whose civic spirit
prompted them to
erect this town
clock in the
year of our
Lord - 1833 — Map (db m14319) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — 20-4 — William Porcher Dubose |
| | This noted author-theologian, born at this site April 11, 1836, educated at Mt. Zion Institute, the Citadel, and the University of Virginia, served as an officer and a chaplain in the Confederate War. He was Rector in Winnsboro and Abbeville, and in 1871 became Chaplain and Professor at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. He died in 1918. — Map (db m14317) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — World War — 1914 - 1918 |
| |
Dedicated to those of
Fairfield County
who served their country
in the World War
and in memory
of those
who made the supreme sacrifice — Map (db m14309) HM |
| South Carolina (Fairfield County), Winnsboro — Wynne Dee — Bratton Place — Circa 1780 |
| | Built by Richard Winn, for whom Winnsboro was named, on a land grant from King George III. Deeded in 1865 as a wedding gift to his daughter Christina and Dr. William Bratton. Was the home of General John Bratton during the Confederacy. Now the home of the Joe K. Cathcart Family. — Map (db m14315) HM |
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